Man, I was thinking the exact same thing. I’m pissed at myself for not knowing anything about this story. I don’t like the fact that a white man made this movie. I know how many feel about slave movies but it’s the only way to shame these devils and put on display who they really are, while they are whitewashed the fuck out of history. We definitely need to focus on the triumphant stories more like this one.
I can tell by his actions, he’s a piece of shit.
They whitewash it so you have to buy both versions.
Maaaaan. Short of dropping a nuke on it, white people have done everything they can to crush Haiti. It was the second democracy in the americas and the US still went way out of their way to subvert it. I think the french wanted to sell it to the US, but US politicians thought the slaves were already too far gone to get back under control. When they revolted, and overthrew their masters, the french made them buy their own liberation. They were only able to collect that money by using the US to help enforce those terms. After that they continued to mettle and manipulate that country by propping up one dictator after another with cash and armed interventions.
